Kabul Prison

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  Kerala Woman Who Joined ISIS Stuck In Afghanistan. Her Mother's Appeal

  Among hundreds of prisoners released by the Taliban from an Afghan jail after their takeover of Kabul was Nimisha Fathima from Kerala, who had surrendered to Afghan forces after joining the terror group ISIS.

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  Afghanistan Frees 100 Taliban Prisoners As Part Of COVID-19 Containment

  The Afghan government released 100 low-risk Taliban prisoners Wednesday, officials said, a day after the insurgents announced they were walking out of talks with Kabul.

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  In A First, Afghanistan In Talks With Taliban For Prisoner Swap In Kabul

  Afghan government representatives have met with the Taliban in Kabul for the first time to discuss a prisoner swap aimed at jump-starting a floundering peace process, officials said Wednesday.

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  Seven Killed In Suicide Attack Near Kabul Prison

  A suicide bomber targeting a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan's biggest prison killed at least seven people on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest militant attack in the war-torn country. Another five were wounded in the blast near the facility in Kabul, which police spokesman Basir Mujahid said had hit a vehicle that staff of Pul-e-Chark...

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  Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent

  An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.

• Afghan Religious Teacher Jailed for 20 Years for Rape

  An Afghan court has sentenced a religious teacher to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl.

• Bowe Bergdahl to Return to US on Friday: Official

  The American soldier released by Afghan insurgents in a swap with the Taliban will return to the United States on Friday after undergoing medical treatment at a military hospital in Germany, a US defense official said on Thursday.

• Afghanistan says 88 prisoners to be freed, despite US concern

  Afghanistan will release 88 prisoners as planned even though the United States considers them dangerous and wants them to remain in detention, the board reviewing their cases told Reuters.

• Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave

  After Farida's husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province of Herat.

• Pakistani Taliban make demands before peace talks

  The Pakistani Taliban demanded on Sunday that the government release militant prisoners and begin withdrawing troops from the group's tribal sanctuary before they will participate in peace talks, raising doubts about prospects for negotiations.

• Sharp rise in number of Afghan women in prison for 'moral crimes'

  About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

• Most women at Kabul prison accused of 'moral' crimes

  A 21-year-old said she fled abusive husband only to be raped at gunpoint by a stranger who was supposed to help her.

• US hands prison over to Afghans

  The US military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer.

• Transfer of US prison to Afghans delayed again

  The long-awaited transfer of the U.S. detention center in Afghanistan has been delayed once again as a deal struck between the two governments broke down the day before a planned handover ceremony.

• Taliban prisoners' release put on hold due to distrust: report

  Pakistan had put on hold the release of Afghan Taliban prisoners to boost the troubled peace process in Afghanistan due to "renewed distrust" between Islamabad and Kabul, according to a media report today.